Railroad crossing



Aprily 23, 1929. A o. R. PEARsoN ET AL. v 1,710,030

RAILROAD cRossING med sept. s, 1928 y d Ynv'entor 7 Q0. 7?. Feama/a, C'.V. rfdersom I7 l y 31%* PatentedApr. 23, 1929. y

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO n.. rsansoN ANIi CARI. v. ANDERSON, or IIIBBING, MINNESOTA.

RAILROAD CROSSING.

Application tiled September 8, 1928. Serial'No. 304,648.

on each side are made of several bars similar` in construction and inthe same spaced relation as the bars between the'rails, yet much shorterand held in position against the outside oit the railroad track byspikes or other suitable tastening means, said shorter bars alsocarrying metal plates secured thereto.

A still further object is the provision Oil a strong and simple highwaycrossing of few parts capable oil being installed permanently and thisincomparatively shortertimewith respect to other devices ot likecharacter.

Other objects and advantageswill become apparent during the course ofthe following description and wherein said novel features are pointedout to produce a highly elhcient und removable railroad crossing.

Referring to the drawings wherein like .iigures indicate correspondingparts;

Figure 1 is a plan view of a railroad crossing showing the 1. re'erredyembodiment oi my invention,

Figure 2 is a transverse section through the track showing my structureinv end elevation, and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevation et the crossing structure atthe outside oitk the trackway.

ln the drawings, nun'ieral indicates the track rails having theconventional treads 6, webs 7 and ybases 8. Our invention resides in aplurality of spaced transverse bars 9, said bars 9 consisting ofsections 10-10 and having their inner ends pivoted as at ll.

Resting upon the top of sections 10-10 are plates 12-12, secured theretoby suitable fastening means 13 such as screws, bolts and the like vandadapted to be held in a rigid position longitudinally with respect tosaid rails 55. f

The outer ends Ot the sections 10-10 are formed for intcrlittingengagement with the whe n edges ot the plates 12-12 and trackrails Inabutting relation with respect to the out side of the track rails 5--5and in similar spaced relation as the bars 9 are shorter transversesupporting bars 15-15, in intel-fittingr relation with respect to theoutside ot said track rails as at 1G', and secured to the conventionalrailroad ties 17 by spikes or other suitable fastening means 18.

y'ripproach plates 16-16 are arranged on the `tops of said bars 15ml?)and secured thereto by suitable fastening means 17', said approachplates having their inner longitudinal edges in abutting relation withrespect to the outside ot the track rails 5-5. y

It will thus be seen that we have provided a plurality of transversesupporting bars within the rails, each bar comprising hinged sectionslll-10 andsupporting a longitudinal plate, said hinged sections adaptedto be raised vin rthe direction of the arrow as is clearly illustratedin Figure 2. It will therelorc bev seen that we have provided a durableand ellicient platform 'for traliic and novel features in theconstruction ol? our device railroad crossings may he renioved or laid`with speed and economy due to lthe few parts and simple construction.

7c desire it to be understood that we may make changes in theconstruction and arrangement of several parts, provided that suchchanges fall within the scope ot the aprails, the last mentioned barssecured to the cross ties, longitudinal plates secured to said of saidsections 10%10 supporting bars within and without the track y in a,rigid position with respect to the supporting bars. Y

2. A railroad crossin@` coni nrisin a alurality of supporting transversebars in spaced relation Witlnn and Without the track rails,

vsaid transverse bars WithinV the track rails comprising hingedsections7 a plate secnred to opposite sections, approachplates adaptedto be carried by and secured to said supporting liars Within the tra-ck,the lastmentioned.

supporting bars being' secured rigidly to the railroad ties and saidinner and ontertrans- Verse supporting bars disposed in abuttingrelation with respect tothe track rails.

3. A railroad crossing comprising` trans-

